Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.42%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Real Estate Development , Petrochemicals and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.42%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE: 6050 ), which rose 9.92% or 2.40 points to trade at 26.60 at the close. Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE: 4140 ) added 9.88% or 14.60 points to end at 162.40 and Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE: 8140 ) was up 8.07% or 0.88 points to 11.78 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE: 2300 ), which lost 9.87% or 1.40 points to trade at 12.78 in late trade. Gulf Union Cooperative Insurance (SE: 8120 ) declined 8.31% or 1.26 points to end at 13.90 and Solidarity Saudi Takaful Co (SE: 8290 ) shed 7.17% or 1.14 points to 14.76.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 56 and 7 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.37% or 0.83 to $59.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.43% or 1.01 to hit $69.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.30% or 15.90 to trade at $1210.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.26% to 4.2525, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7514.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 96.74.